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I am looking to brew tomorrow and will be making a starter today. It's a little last minute so I was hoping to just make the starter in time to pitch at it's peak when it's most active. I use a stir plate but typically make them long enough in advance to chill and decant. How long does a...

Hi all, Placed an order a couple weeks ago with Brewershardware for a bunch of tri clover hardware. A butterfly valve was not shipped with my order and now I can't get any response. I was charged but nothing. It doesn't say backordered. Does anyone know of a better way to get a hold of...

I'm contemplating converting a spare sanke into a bottom draining ekeggle. I have a ekeggle now with a dip tube and ss mesh filter on it and it works pretty well. Its difficult to keep the SS mesh from sitting up against the 5500W ULWD element though. I was thinking about going with a bottom...

I'm starting to plan a schwarzbier recipe using roughly 50% Weyermann pilsner malt and 50% Briess munich 10L malt. There will be small portions of dehusked roasted barley along with some crystal, chocolate, and roasted barley. I can't find any information about the pilsner malt. Is it fully...

I'm tossing around ideas for a new fermentation temperature chamber and am curious what is the tightest temperature control range others are getting. With my current chest freezer set up with an Auberins PID I set it at +/- 1 degF measuring the beer temperature. I'd like to get a tighter...

I have some Maris Otter pale malt that has been stored around 38 degF in a ziplock bag for the past 6 weeks. I ended up not using it in a past recipe and had intended to use it shortly after which never happened. Is this still fresh enough to use or would there be a lot of oxidation or...

I am planning to build a counterflow chiller and had a couple thoughts that may or not make practical sense. In the winter my tap water is decently cold and to hot in the summer. I was thinking of making a 2 stage CFC to try and give me some flexibility with this. I've done some searching and...

I appologize if this has been asked and answered but I couldn't find anything when I searched so here goes.... I'm constructing the start of my electric rig. I'm working on the brew kettle at the moment along with the stand, control panel, and wiring. I'm scratching my head as to how I'm...

I'm trying to wire up a 50A GFI spa sub panel to power my new brew kettle. I pulled a new 10/3 cable from my main panel to the sub panel. The main panel neutral and grounds are tied together. I connected the black and red from my main panel 2 pole breaker to the hot terminals in the new sub...

I have 2 meads bulk aging in 3 gallon carboys. They have both been in there for about 3 months and have cleared up really well. There is some lees on the bottom. Should I rack them one more time before I bottle? I'll have to rack them one at a time into a bottling bucket, clean the carboy...

This may be a dumb question but I've always been a bit confused about when and where I should be modifying my water chemistry. I think I have a pretty good handle on what additions do what and why but I am just a confused as to when to add things. For my mash water adjustments would I add...

I'm going to convert a sanke keg to an electric brew kettle soon. I have the keg and a few ideas of what all I want in it but I would love to hear what you folks would recommend. What all bells and whistles would have you or would you put in yours? I plan to have a thermowell and sight...

Has anyone hooked up their turkey fryer or similar high pressure (5+ PSIG) burner to a 100 gallon or bigger propane tank? I have a 100 gallon tank that runs my gas logs so we hardly use any of that gas where I go through 20lb tanks on a regular basis with my turkey fryer. I want to hook...

I just made my first starter with a stir plate. I pitched last night and turned the stir plate on and left it. This morning it looked pretty cloudy but I didn't see any evidence of a krausen. There was a good whirlpool going. After I got home from work this evening there was still no...

I'm about to start my apple mead. Yesterday I mixed everything up for this 3 gallon batch and added 3 SMS campden tablets. After 12 hours I added the pectic enzyme and not it's 12 hours later and time for the yeast. When I opened the bucket there was a bubble looking thing in the center. It...

I'm fairly new to brewing beer and now trying my hand at meads now. I've been doing a lot of reading here and elsewhere before I make my first batch. I want to try staggard yeast nutrient additions. When you add your staged nutrients with the last addition near the midway point in the...

I'm getting ready to make my first mead, an apple mead. I was planning to make a 3 gallon batch with 2 gallons apple juice (pasturized w/ no preservatives) and a gallon of water with around 9 lbs of honey. I made a starter yesterday for my White Labs sweet mead yeast. I filled a half gallon...

My water is very soft. Ca - 6ppm, Mg - < 1ppm, Na - 7ppm, SO4 - 3ppm, Cl - 4ppm, HCO3 - 12ppm. I've been adding CaCl and MgSO4 to my mashes lately to try and bring up my Ca and Mg levels. I use EZWater to determine the amounts I want. My question revolves around measuring my mash pH and...

I'll be brewing today but the yeast I've been waiting on probably won't get here till this evening. It's my day off so I can't really change when I brew. I normally let the cooled wort sit covered in the brew pot with the lid sprayed with Starsan and covered in tinfoil for 30 minutes to let a...

I've brewed a few AG batches so far. The ones old enough to drink have turned out very tasty. My first batch was my attempt at a lighter trapist style ale and the next 3 batches were variations on the same belgian ale recipe using slightly different grain bills and/or yeast strains for...